Re: new guy - old 618
Attached are a 3 documents that confirm Robert's point regarding Atlas lathes and other machine equipment's limited accessibility. Individuals or companies had to apply through the "War Production
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Mike Lutz
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#102443
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Re: Missing Feed Gear Bolt
Animal,?It is similar to a carriage bolt.? The square portion at the head fits into the banjo slot and keeps the bolt from rotating.? The flange of the bold keeps it from sliding thru the slot of
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Jody
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#102442
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Re: new guy - old 618
OK, I¡¯ll grant you that but my point was that the Atlas lathes were primarily advertised to or for small shops, not hobbyists. And any that were involved in the War effort certainly were not
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Robert Downs
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#102441
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Re: Missing Feed Gear Bolt
I'm not sure how the banjo is set up on a Craftsman but can't ya use a standard bolt & just grind down the head til it fits in the depression/slot on the banjo? ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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#102440
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Re: Missing Feed Gear Bolt
Hi Jody , There are a couple of factors to take into account when cutting stainless . . Not nice stuff to practice with :>( ! Take care , Carvel Sent: 28 January 2019 08:12 PM To:
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cwlathes
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#102439
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Re: Concern with my Spindle
Robert, I think it is all coming out of the front dust cover.? Which makes sense because the riding bearing surface is angled towards the chuck so you would expect it to follow the bearing and
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Jody
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#102438
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Re: Concern with my Spindle
Jon, The oil is that really lightweight thin oil that several recommended on here for the Timkem bearings. ? As far as "immediately"....I mean immediately.? I can't fill the cup up because it runs
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Jody
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#102437
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Missing Feed Gear Bolt
My feed rate gearing is set at 0.0035" and I comfirmed that last night.? I was turning some stainless with a carbide index cutter and the finish was awful.? As a novice I'm still learning my metals
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Jody
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Re: Experience, was Re: Feed rate increase and crazy thread milling, just for fun
Guys, please keep your medical advice off the list. People are free to take or avoid medical treatment, as they please. Consequences go with those choices; live or die, get better or not. The only
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Andrei
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#102435
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Re: Experience, was Re: Feed rate increase and crazy thread milling, just for fun
Now the other side of the Levaquin coin. I took it as prescribed for 3 days, got up during the night to go to the bathroom, didn't get 1 step and slid into the floor ripping a toenail off OUCH. My
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Leon Robinson
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#102434
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Re: Welcome to [email protected]
It is 023653. Don
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Don Newbold <d.o.newbold@...>
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#102433
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Re: Concern with my Spindle
Probably, but that doesn¡¯t necessarily mean that it does the same out of a 10¡± or early 12¡±. However, although no one has ever commented on this, I can¡¯t see how it wouldn¡¯t. There are two
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Robert Downs
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#102432
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Re: Welcome to [email protected]
Yes, I did this, as the Babbit bearings in my first Atlas 10" F-series lathe were REALLY badly worn oval. You could take shims out, but you couldn't get rid of the oval issue. Oil would run out of the
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Jon Elson
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#102431
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Re: Experience, was Re: Feed rate increase and crazy thread milling, just for fun
Yes! I just wanted to comment that the warnings on the antibiotics may be scary, but the flouroqinolone group of antibiotics (Cipro and Levaquin are some of the top ones) are TRULY wonder drugs. I had
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Jon Elson
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Re: Concern with my Spindle
Well, what weight oil, and exactly how fast is "immediately"? This would be in indication of badly worn bearings in a Babbit bearing lathe. But, the Timken bearings are exactly supposed to do this.
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Jon Elson
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#102429
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Re: Welcome to [email protected]
Or you could do as I did and buy a Timken headstock, thick way, QC lathe from the Git-Go! The advantage postulated for a conversion to thinwall bearings was the larger spindle bore! Bill in Boulder CO
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Bill Williams
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#102428
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Re: new guy - old 618
Robert, based on the number of articles in Popular Mechanics from the 30's and early 40's there would have been some number of hobbyists using lathes in that period. During WWII there was a government
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Bill Williams
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#102427
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Re: Welcome to [email protected]
Or make your own . . . . My first Atlas lathe was a well used 10D , and the shop it came from had had phosphor bronze bearing shells made for it , and it was surprisingly accurate . . . . served me
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cwlathes
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#102426
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Re: Welcome to [email protected]
There is a photo of the Atlas factory line boring setup in the Copyright 1937 MOLO¡¯s. Robert Downs Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 20:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman
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Robert Downs
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#102425
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Re: Welcome to [email protected]
Most lawnmower engines don¡¯t. Robert Downs Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 15:43 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Welcome to [email protected] Automotive and
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Robert Downs
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